as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
Right-wing book bans, rife in Escambia and throughout the South, are the product of a political moment.
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Ira Wells
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The event threatened to inflame tensions that are rife in the restive city amid nearly 600 days of war in Gaza.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Speculation is rife its Yokohama headquarters building will get sold, or one of its Japan plants will be turned into a casino.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
The same goes for selecting ads, namely that this user would be rife for ads on sporting related services and products.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
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Ira Wells
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The event threatened to inflame tensions that are rife in the restive city amid nearly 600 days of war in Gaza.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Speculation is rife its Yokohama headquarters building will get sold, or one of its Japan plants will be turned into a casino.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 26 May 2025
The same goes for selecting ads, namely that this user would be rife for ads on sporting related services and products.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for rife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
Adjective
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That history gives the band an edge—and credibility—in a crowded market.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Unlike other tests that can take several minutes or require privacy to use, this method is fast and low-profile, perfect for crowded clubs, bars, or house parties.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That’s a fraught term, one that carried social status, certainly, but also often meant exclusion, sometimes on comfortably and casually bigoted grounds.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Kremlin confirmed that Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to pursue a long-term resolution to the conflict, though both sides expect the process to be fraught.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The original Scary Movie franchise parodied the teen-slasher flicks that were so abundant in the late ’90s and aughts.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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But for humans, there can be some unpleasant conditions associated with swimming where sargassum is abundant, says LaPointe.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Both women were beaming from the big screens and the fields of the south end of Grant Park were awash in flailing hands and fans snapping in the air.—
Jessi Roti,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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That our bodies are awash in other critters is not a new discovery.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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This ignores the fact that few moviegoing experiences — massive spectacle included — are as rewarding as watching something funny in a packed theater filled with people laughing at the same time, but that unfortunately is the way things have gone.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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The first concept is a flashier hook, conjuring images of facehuggers wreaking havoc on packed pedestrian thoroughfares.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Football history is not replete with stories of teams that take the best part of a decade to come to fruition.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Social media is replete with political outrage, and playing to either a liberal or conservative audience is likely to draw attention.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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